The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-15
TIE FANATIC.

The person who runs the Fanatic
claims that THE NEWS is endeavoring
to incite riot, because it denounces
him as a BLACKBOARD. TIE real truth
of the matter is that he co Irts a cow
hiding, as it might create sympathy for
him. Although he deserves a coat of tar
and feathers, we hope none of our cit
liens will give it him, as it would only
rebound to his benefit as an advertise
ment. We are sorry to say that, in a
city that can furnish people foolish
enough to take all the delicacies of the
season and beautiful bouquets of flow
ers to the cell of a. cOld-blOoded assas-
sin, there are also people foolish
enough to think that thing that does
not even understand the rudiments OF
the trade he pretends to work at, may
possibly be working in the interests OF
temperance and morality.
The Fanatic man should take warn
ing by the fate of Spies, Fielden, Lingg
and the other Chicago fanatics, as
there is limit even to crankism. He
should remember that liberty for him.
self ends when he begins to encroach
on the rights of others, and that when
he hampers with the good names of our
citizens by printing them in little
blackguard gutter snipe devoted to
nothing but ventilation of personal
spite, he is going just notch farther
than is necessary. We're he a citizen
of Emporia looking to what he thought
her best interests, the case would be
lips that he was run out of town
farther west for just such meddlesome.
ness as he is now manifesting here.
Some true friends of temperance, we
have no doubt, believe that this system
of publishing the names of all who
But were some person to come to this
city and start little ''run-arnund'
sheet and publish the names of all UuI
citizens who purchase dry goods OF
groceries on "tick" what howl would
60 up. Yet the credit system is un-
abated, and to publish the names OF
those who run bills would be just as
justifyable as to publish those who
purchase liquors for medical purposes
Because some people run bills which
they do not intend to pay is no reason
why others should not get credit who
are in the habit of paying their just
debts. Neither is it right or proper
that a persons name should be made q
public town talk for purchasing liquor
for medicine because others purchase
it to crafty their appetites.
Although this man pretends to b.
working in the interests of temperance
alone, and in his articles conveys the
idea that he would willingly lay dowI
his life for the cause, yet, if our read
ers will take a second thought and re
member that he constantly suggests
that his subscribers pay so cents il
advance" mercenary motive may bG
found, and when it is remembered that
had he wished to lay down his life fol
the temperance cause his wish might
have been gratified by simply remain
ing where he was before he came IL
Emporia, knowing before he came herl
that we have one of the most law-abid
ing and conservative of populations
and that his chances to lay down his
life here were in the minimum.
That he is coward and a wheIp is
shown by his trying to convey to the
public the erroneous idea that this pa.
per approves of mob violence, and &C
cuses us Of lying when we simply state
the truth. Were he not either coward
or william he would not be eternally
prating about violence to his person
either fearing the punishment he well
merits or wishing for some action to
be taken that can be construed into
persecution, so he may thus put shekils
in his purse, evoked by silly sympathy
from his fellow fanatics.
The writer of this article processes
TO be prohibitionist himself. But he
has no kind of use for people who go
out of their way to do an uncalled for
injury to their neighbors and then at
tempt to shield themselves under the
cloak of the temperance cause.
Like the heightened Hallowell of
Wichita, this meek and lowly would
be editor, is fanatic because it pays
him, and, like Hallowell, when he can
make more money from the whisky
dealers than from the temperance
people, then he win probably advocate
their cause.
Out on all such hypocrites.